CVE-2017-8916

In Center for Internet Security CIS-CAT Pro Dashboard before 1.0.4, an authenticated user is able to change an administrative user's e-mail address and send a forgot password email to themselves, thereby gaining administrative access...

CVE-2017-8916

In CIS-CAT Pro Dashboard, prior to version 1.0.4, an authenticated user can change an administrator’s email address and trigger a password-recovery email to themselves, thereby gaining administrative access. This is described in CVE-2017-8916 and corroborated by CNVD/CNVD-2018-05227 and other sou...

Qualys Policy Compliance Notification: Policy Library Update

Qualys’ library of built-in policies makes it easy to comply with the security standards and regulations that are most commonly used and adhered to. Qualys provides a wide range of policies, including many that have been certified by CIS as well as the ones based on security guidelines from vendo...

Implementing the CIS 20 Critical Security Controls: Make Your InfoSec Foundation Rock Solid

For almost 10 years, thousands of organizations eager to solidify their security and compliance foundations have found clarity and direction in the the Center for Internet Security’s Critical Security Controls CSCs. This structured set of 20 foundational InfoSec best practices, first published in...

Perspective ICM Investigation & Case 5.1.1.16 - Privilege Escalation

Exploit Title: Privilege Escalation - Perspective ICM Investigation & Case - 5.1.1.16 Date Reported to vendor: Jun 28, 2017 Date Accepted by vendor: Jun 11, 2017 Exploit Author: [email protected] Vendor Homepage: www.resolver.com Version: Perspective ICM Investigation & Case -...

Implementing the CIS 20 Critical Security Controls: Delving into More Sophisticated Techniques

Corden Pharma needed a standardized security program to meet customer requirements. Link3 Technologies wanted to prioritize its network security improvements. Telenet was looking for a road map to implement its ISO-27000 compliance program. These three companies — a German pharmaceutical contract...

Qualys Policy Compliance Notification: Policy Library Update

The Qualys library of built-in policies makes it easy to comply with the security standards and regulations that are most commonly used and adhered to. Qualys provides a wide range of policies, including many that have been certified by CIS as well as the ones based on security guidelines from...

Implementing the CIS 20 Critical Security Controls: Building Upon Foundational Cyber Hygiene

Most successful cyber attacks exploit known vulnerabilities for which patches are available, or take advantage of weak configuration settings that could have been easily hardened. You can significantly lower the risk of being victimized by this type of common, preventable attack by adopting the...

Implementing the CIS 20 Critical Security Controls: Slash Risk of Cyber Attacks by 85%

If a CISO needed to cut cyber attack risk by 85%, how would this security chief go about accomplishing that? Would the CISO even know where to begin? It’s safe to say that such a mandate would be considered daunting, and maybe even overwhelming. CISOs are scrambling to protect IT infrastructures...

Webcast Q&A: Automating the CIS Critical Security Controls

Qualys Product Management Director Tim White and SANS Institute Analyst John Pescatore did a deep dive into the Center for Internet Security’s Critical Security Controls during a recent webcast, and answered questions from audience members about these 20 foundational security practices, and about...

Qualys Policy Compliance Notification: Policy Library Update

Qualys’ library of built-in policies makes it easy to comply with the security standards and regulations that are most commonly used and adhered to. Qualys provides a wide range of policies, including many that have been certified by CIS as well as the ones based on security guidelines from vendo...

Achieve Continuous Security and Compliance with the CIS Critical Security Controls

For InfoSec pros, it’s easy to get overwhelmed by the constant noise from cybersecurity industry players — vendors, research firms, consultants, industry groups, government regulators and media outlets. A good antidote for this hyperactive chatter is to refocus on foundational InfoSec practices...

Qualys Policy Compliance Notification: Policy Library Update

Qualys’ library of built-in policies makes it easy to comply with commonly adhered to security standards and regulations. Qualys provides a wide range of policies, including many that have been certified by CIS as well as ones based on security guidelines from vendors such as Microsoft and VMware...

UPDATE: Prowler 1.3!

PenTestIT RSS Feed My older post about Prowler can be found here. This post is about an update made to the AWS CIS Benchmark Tool - Prowler 1.3! What is Prowler? Prowler is a tool for AWS security assessment, auditing and hardening. It follows guidelines of the CIS Amazon Web Services Foundations...

Prowler - Tool for AWS Security Assessment, Auditing And Hardening

Tool based on AWS-CLI commands for AWS account security assessment and hardening, following guidelines of the CIS Amazon Web Services Foundations Benchmark 1.1 Features It covers hardening and security best practices for all AWS regions related to: Identity and Access Management 24 checks Logging...

AWS CIS Benchmark Tool: Prowler

Tool based on AWS-CLI commands for AWS account hardening, following guidelines of the CIS Amazon Web Services Foundations Benchmark 1.1 . It covers hardening and security best practices for all regions related to: Identity and Access Management 24 checks Logging 8 checks Monitoring 15 checks...

The CIS Critical Security Controls Series

What are the CIS Critical Security Controls? The Center for Internet Security CIS Top 20 Critical Security Controls previously known as the SANS Top 20 Critical Security Controls, is an industry-leading way to answer your key security question: "How can I be prepared to stop known attacks?" The...

The CIS Critical Controls Explained - Control 7: Email and Web browser protection

This blog is a continuation of our blog post series around the CIS Critical Controls. The biggest threat surface in any organization is its workstations. This is the reason so many of the CIS Critical Security Controls relate to workstation and user-focused endpoint security. It is also the reaso...

Qualys Policy Compliance Notification: Policy Library Update

Qualys’ library of built-in policies makes it easy to comply with commonly adhered to security standards and regulations. Qualys provides a wide range of policies, including many that have been certified by CIS as well as ones based on security guidelines from vendors such as Microsoft and VMware...

Nix-Auditor - Nix Audit Made Easier

A script to audit linux and unix distributions based mainly on the CIS standards and universal linux hardening guidelines. The value it brings to your auditing set of tools is: Speed - one can audit OS in less than 120 seconds and get report Accuracy - tested on CentOS and RedHat with 100% accura...